Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DR Summicron eyes are easily removable. They are only used when the lens is in close focus mode. Phil Forrest On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:33:24 -0400 Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote: > 1. A simple question: can the 'eyes' be easily taken off and put on > the 50 Summicron DR or is it like the 35 Summacron where you can't > take it off or you'll wreck the lens' focusing capacity? Which is to > say can't you take it off to use on, say, a G1, or a Bessa 2A, and > put it back when you get the shiny M3 or M4 of your dreams? > > 2. A less simple question: the ongoing thread about Leica lenses on > the GF1 began with some commentary that included language that > depicted using the 50/1.4 on the GF1 as having a "100/1.4" lens on > the camera. I see this all the time, the equation of the half crop > with a lens twice as long. But isn't what one has really a 50mm image > with a 25% crop off all four sides? And a slightly narrower (more > tele) angle of view? Please correct me in however I've gotten this > wrong. But I'm pretty sure that having a half-sized sensor is not > the same as putting a 2x converter on a full frame. It doesn't yield > the same image at all. Why do people say this? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information